Fact-checking Trump's claims that US coronavirus death rate is the lowest worldwide

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/07/politics/trump-coronavirus-death-rate-lowest-fact-check/index.html

 As hospitals deal with a resurgent coronavirus outbreak, White House officials and the President himself continue to tout the country's alleged success at addressing the virus.

In an interview with Fox News on Monday, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany implied that the US response to coronavirus should not be viewed so harshly when compared to the impact the virus has had on other countries.

"This President takes Covid seriously, but we should note the mortality rate and how well we're doing vis-à-vis to the rest of the world," McEnany told Fox News.

 

Dr. Peter Hotez, professor of pediatrics and molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine, told CNN that according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins, the President's statements were not accurate. Out of the at least 2.8 million cases of coronavirus in the US, as of Monday morning Johns Hopkins estimated a fatality rate of 4.5%, the sixth highest worldwide.

66% of coronavirus patients infected at home, just 2% at synagogue

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/283125

 

Most coronavirus patients in Israel were infected at home, according to a report by Israel Hayom Tuesday morning.

According to the report, research conducted by the Knesset Research and Information Center, nearly two-thirds (65.8%) of people infected with the coronavirus were infected at home, while just 2.2% were infected at synagogues.

The government rejected calls by the Health Ministry and National Security Council to close all synagogues in the country, but did impose new restrictions, limiting the number of worshippers to 19 at a time.

NY Judge: Cuomo can keep Jewish summer camps closed

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/283164

Last-ditch effort by Orthodox Jews to allow sleepaway camps to open fails as judge refuses to hear case in lawsuit.

Republicans accepting Trump losing Sen. Kennedy's advice to Americans: If Joe Biden wins, 'build a fallout shelter'

https://www.foxnews.com/media/john-kennedy-if-biden-wins-build-fallout-shelter

Sen. John Kennedy on Monday advised Americans to “build a fallout shelter” if presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden is elected president in November.

“The vice president says he will transform America. He will and the American people will pay a fearsome price,” Kennedy, R-La., told “Hannity.”

Kennedy said that Biden’s foreign policy is “hugs and hot cocoa” for America’s enemies.

“Build a fallout shelter. You’ll need it. Weakness invites the wolves,” Kennedy said.

Whispers

NASCAR's Bubba Wallace hits back at 'HATE' from Trump

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/nascars-bubba-wallace-hits-back-hate-trump

NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace on Monday fired back at President Trump for accusing him of not apologizing after a highly publicized investigation over a rope found in his garage supposedly turned out to be a hoax.

The president suggested Wallace, the auto racing company’s only Black driver, should apologize after the sport rallied around him after the noose was found in his assigned stall at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. Federal authorities ruled last month the noose had been hanging since October and was not a hate crime. NASCAR and the FBI have exclusively referred to the rope – which was used to pull the garage door closed – as a noose.

 

Wallace responded on Twitter with a note to "the next generation and little ones following my foot steps" in which he urged people to use their platforms and not be detracted by "hate being thrown at you."

"Love should come naturally as people are TAUGHT to hate," Wallace tweeted. "Even when it's HATE from the POTUS .. Love wins."

Later, NASCAR released a statement praising Wallace’s “courage” and “leadership”

Bubba Wallace: Nascar driver's defiant tweet over Trump's 'hate'

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53315148

African-American Nascar driver Bubba Wallace has sent out a tweet condemning words of "hate from the president of the United States".

Wallace is the sole full-time black driver in the US racing organisation and was instrumental in it banning the Confederate flag from races.

A noose was later found in his garage but an FBI inquiry determined "no federal crime was committed".

President Trump called the story a hoax and suggested Wallace should apologise.

Wallace has been a vocal supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement, which has come to the fore since the death in police custody of African American George Floyd in Minneapolis in May.

 

More than 1,000 new coronavirus cases on Monday as spike continues

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/coronavirus-israel-passes-30000-cases-634021

 

Parts of the country will once again be shut down or restricted after the government announced a new set of directives on Monday. They are the first such restrictions since two months ago, when Israel thought it had defeated the virus.

Event halls, clubs, bars, gyms, public pools and cultural performances will be closed. Restaurants will be limited to seating 20 patrons inside and 30 outside. Synagogues must have no more than 19 prayer attendees.

Mary Trump's book to be published early amid 'extraordinary interest'

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/06/mary-trump-book-release-date-early-donald-trump

A tell-all book by Donald Trump’s niece will be published two weeks ahead of schedule and will argue that the president suffered “child abuse” in the early years of his life.

 

Trump criticizes NASCAR ban on Confederate flags, attacks Black driver

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/06/trump-nascar-bubba-wallace-confederate-flag-349730

Donald Trump's campaign spent the weekend fending off criticism of a pair of presidential speeches panned as racially divisive and inflammatory.

On Monday, the president undercut his own team's efforts at damage control with a single tweet — criticizing NASCAR’s decision to ban the Confederate flag from its races and demanding the sport’s top Black driver apologize for an incident that, by all accounts, was not his fault.

 

Fox News edits Trump out of photo with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell — but not Melania

https://www.salon.com/2020/07/06/fox-news-edits-trump-out-of-photo-with-jeffrey-epstein-and-ghislaine-maxwell--but-not-melania/

 

Fox News came under fire after it bizarrely cropped President Donald Trump out of a photo of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and indicted alleged co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell but left fir

Epstein and Maxwell frequently socialized with prominent figures in New York and elsewhere, including Trump.

"I've known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy," Trump told New York Magazine in 2002. "He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it, Jeffrey enjoys his social life."

Epstein has been linked to a number of other wealthy and prominent people, including former President Bill Clinton.

st lady Melania Trump in the image.

McEnany pressed on Trump's claim that 99% of COVID cases are harmless, says it was 'factual'

https://www.foxnews.com/media/kayleigh-mcenany-trump-covid-cases-harmless

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Monday defended President Trump’s claim that "99%" of coronavirus cases are harmless.

Fox News anchor Sandra Smith asked whether it was "helpful" for the president to characterize the virus in that way, pointing out that FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn did not back up the statement in a subsequent interview.

“The president was making a factual point that most people will recover from coronavirus who get it, that there are a very small fraction of people who fall victim to coronavirus in a fatal way,” McEnany told “America’s Newsroom.”

Fox News says it 'mistakenly' cropped Trump out of photo featuring Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/06/media/fox-news-trump-crop-epstein-maxwell/index.html

Fox News said on Monday that it "mistakenly" cropped President Trump out of a photograph that featured the accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

"On Sunday, July 5, a report on Ghislaine Maxwell during Fox News Channel's 'America's News HQ' mistakenly eliminated President Donald Trump from a photo alongside then Melania Knauss, Jeffrey Epstein and Maxwell," a spokesperson for the network said. 

The Fox News spokesperson added, "We regret the error."

Maxwell was charged by federal prosecutors in New York on Thursday for her alleged role in recruiting and sexually abusing underage girls as part of a years-long criminal enterprise.

 

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